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Crane Again!! ABC Greenlights Season Five For BOSTON LEGAL!!

First by Droogie Alex	May 11th, 2008 10:31:53 PM
Denny Crane
I got the, uh, mad cow? by PirateEmery	May 11th, 2008 10:33:34 PM
I think you do too, your honor!
Denny Crane by Thrillho77	May 11th, 2008 10:37:58 PM
Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs
Best news I read all day!! by Toby Wan	May 11th, 2008 10:44:17 PM
Denny Crane.
This will please my dear Granny by schlockthemonkey	May 11th, 2008 10:48:56 PM
She loves this show
Nothing like a little "quid-pro-quo" to get the ball rolling by Yeti	May 11th, 2008 10:55:52 PM
Actually this is good news. There is no cheese like Shatner cheese.
Good News by proper	May 11th, 2008 10:56:01 PM
This programme is silly enough for me.
Who cares!? by oatmeal2348	May 11th, 2008 10:58:21 PM
First of all, the unabashedly liberal viewpoints exuded on this show have quickly worn thin. I get that Kelley doesn't like the Bush administration but does every closing argument have to begin with a line like, 'when we have an administration that does blah, blah blah, how can we expect people to take responsibility for their own action!?' That's what ruined the final season of The Practice leading into this series. I was a fan for a while, but watching people get away without having to take responsibility for their own actions is getting to be too much. Also, what happened to all the pretty people? Julie Bowen is sadly missed, as is Rhona Mitra and even the man-jawed Lake Bell ... instead we have the praying-mantis-ish Saffron Burrows and Tara Summers who is only cute because of her accent. How many times do we have to see someone hit on Candice Bergen before we lose our collective lunch!? Okay ... I think I'm done now. It took me a while to write this ... am I first?
Herc is announcing this before Dollhouse's greenlight? by snowpuff	May 11th, 2008 10:58:33 PM

outmeal2348 by PirateEmery	May 11th, 2008 11:03:03 PM
I'm a conservative, yet I take no offense at their constant "liberal" talking points. That's just Alan Shore, that's how he runs things... Denny, on the other hand, keeps the show balanced.
Not a big surprise was it? by Shan	May 11th, 2008 11:09:59 PM
They'd need a 5th Season for syndication, wouldn't they? Also it wouldn't hurt to keep David Kelley onside for future projects. Might be an idea to wrap it up though. Seasons 1 + 2 good IMO, 3 was OK, 4 was so abominable I stopped halfway through.
PirateEmery ... by oatmeal2348	May 11th, 2008 11:12:04 PM
I don't want this to turn into a big political debate but you touched on one thing that really bugs me ... why is the only 'conservative' viewpoint expressed by the one character that everyone else considers to be clinically insane, and who himself believes is a victim of 'mad cow.' It's almost as balanced as FoxNews, although the show never claims to be about balance. I'm just sayin'. I'm off the soapbox now.
We all have a little bit of Mad Cow... by PirateEmery	May 11th, 2008 11:24:13 PM
But I see your point.
Awesome news! However... by Paul T. Ryan	May 11th, 2008 11:53:31 PM
...I do wonder which cast members will get the shove this season, and out of those, which ones will just disappear and never be mentioned ever again. And bring back Constance Zimmer dammit!!! She was smokin' HOTTTTT!
More Trek actors! by Sherman_Lives	May 11th, 2008 11:58:03 PM
On BL, we've already had Shatner (natch), Rene "Odo" Auberjoinois, Armin "Quark" Shimerman, Ethan "Neelix" Philips, and recurring judge Henry Gibson, who guested once on DS9 as a Ferengi... how soon before we get Jeri Ryan, alum of Voyager and Kelley's Boston Public, or my dream Special Guest Star, one Leonard Nimoy as opposing counsel to Denny Crane! Come on, people, make it happen!
Used to be my favorite, but... by antoniojvr	May 12th, 2008 12:19:37 AM
... the damn show has such a political slant, I get ill from watching it.
khaaaaaaaaaaaan! by chewyou812	May 12th, 2008 12:22:23 AM
Shattner. I'd fight William Shattner.
Saffron Burrows by Droogie Alex	May 12th, 2008 12:51:05 AM
Is it just me, or does anyone else think she has had a lot of facial work done? I saw her in some vampire movie the other night, and she looked pretty different then she does now. Like she has cheek and chin implants. Looks very unnatural.
oatmeal2348 - It's ENTERTAINMENT. by ZeroCorpse	May 12th, 2008 01:14:07 AM
And I guess they don't want conservatives like you watching. That's no problem for me, as I'm a wacky liberal who find jibes at conservatives entertaining. But hey, you've still got 24-hours of FOX News, Rush Limbaugh, Dennis Miller, Glenn Beck, the Washington Post and most of the other major news outlets to entertain you with shamelessly conservative-slanted fiction.
The SHAT is THE Shit..... by travis-dane	May 12th, 2008 01:34:54 AM
Fuck em'all Denny! Great Show!
Mad Cow!!! by J-Dizzle	May 12th, 2008 01:50:56 AM
Huzzah for Denny Crane!
William Shatner on Oprah today in Australia ... by Shan	May 12th, 2008 02:52:14 AM
... He revealed that he sold his kidney stone for $75,000. This plus another $20,000 from the cast was used to buy a family in New Orleans a new house. Only in America!
Shatner's had a decent career, hasn't he? by DarfurOnTheRocks	May 12th, 2008 07:25:50 AM
It would be easy to disappear after Star Trek but he has done T.J. Hooker, Tek War, more Trek movies, Price line, and Boston Legal. Not bad indeed.
Do people watch this show? by fiester	May 12th, 2008 07:42:59 AM
Is it like the old folks who loves the Matlock?
All I want on Boston Legal... by Phimseto	May 12th, 2008 08:28:37 AM
...is the same thing I've wanted for years: to have Ricardo Montalban play Denny Crane's legal nemesis.
Shatner is the ONLY actor... by KazamaSmokers	May 12th, 2008 08:47:31 AM
... to star in FOUR hit TV shows. Bill Bixby, Lucy and Landon all had three each, but no one else has had four.
But when will Kirk keep his promise to Maltz? by Series7	May 12th, 2008 08:57:46 AM
I wish they would address this, its very stressing because when this season started Larroquette was very grating and annoying. Its not half as good as last season. Like at the start of the season I thought this was it, no more. As season 4 went on, and we got more Danny and Alan time it got a lot better. Peeking with the alzheimer case, like after seeing Spaders soap box routine in that episode you know why he wins best actor every year. Especially over that HBO crap. I love this show and hopefully they will tone down the overly eccentric duo and maybe bring in some more brass balls (like Beriko (who I hope didn't leave this to be on that crap Fox Rom-Com show) or the ex-Marine guy). Whatever this show is great.
Also my buddy by Series7	May 12th, 2008 09:01:45 AM
Who only watches TV shows that are on pay channels said he'll give this a chance. But he made a good point. The main cast is made up of actors/actresses that you either love or hate, there really is no inbetween. When it comes to Shat/Spader/Larroquette/Bergen and even Selleck and Bierko. Like those are people that usually have a big I can't stand that person following. But they all work really well in this show. Like I don't know anyone who doesn't like it, just people that have never seen it.
Watch this season as James Spader by skimn	May 12th, 2008 09:02:58 AM
races with William Shatner to see whose waistline can be the biggest!!!
Oh and Shatner by skimn	May 12th, 2008 09:04:51 AM
should have a falcon on a perch on his desk. This will probably be the last season, they should just go bat-shit crazy (-ier than usual).
Anything that brings us more Denny Crane is indeed cool news by SpyGuy	May 12th, 2008 09:13:44 AM
The Shat + Mad Cow, guns, Real Dolls, midgets and fishing = Must-watch television.
Spader is on course for another Emmy win this year by zillabeast	May 12th, 2008 09:46:41 AM
His stuff has been unreal. His best season yet, hands-down.
SHATNER !!!!!! by picardsucks	May 12th, 2008 10:45:08 AM
Shatner Shatner and more Shatner!!!! This can only be a good thing!!!! I say Shatner cameo in Battlestar Galactica!!! Shatner on Lost !!!!! And Shatner as John McCain's VP!!!!!
And by picardsucks	May 12th, 2008 10:52:01 AM
Did you know besides being a legitimate multi-dan black belt, Expert Archerer, expert equestrian, rifle marksman, Certified Pilot, stalked and killed a Kodiak Bear all alone while hunting in the Yukon (Not with a Gun by the way but with a longbow) Shatner once hired a group of hard core mercanaries to go find POW's in Southeat asia. All 100% true. And yet JJ can't be prevailed upon to find a way to get him in the new film.
good news by Mr_X	May 12th, 2008 10:55:29 AM
and im all for more trek actors on the show.. it kinda lost its pace halfway through this season. but it's still a great show. Denny crane.
Watching the TOS Movies Again.... by DarfurOnTheRocks	May 12th, 2008 11:57:05 AM
And I got to say that the relationship between Kirk, Bones, and Spock is something that NG, DS9, and all subsequent Treks cannot top.
Paul T. Ryan, I would guess the one to go is the by Big Jim	May 12th, 2008 12:45:21 PM
woman who came on after a few episodes this season, the "sassy" one. She seems to always be nothing more than the third person in the scene. You know, when the writers need another character in the scene for some reason, they add whatsername. Kind of like Storm in X3.
Boston Legal by The Alienist	May 12th, 2008 02:02:22 PM
Has there ever been a show quite like it? This strange, meta-comedy-drama-agitprop serial is so original I'm usually dumbstruck after each episode. Its sooo odd. But I like it.
How could I have forgotten Larroquette! by Sherman_Lives	May 12th, 2008 03:02:07 PM
Of course, now I want a case where Christopher Lloyd is the client and he barks orders at Carl. But yeah, Montalban as the nemesis (or, if you want to be cute, James Caan playing himself) would be sweet. Finally, how about Malcolm McDowell as a nutjob client who pulls a gun and takes a shot at Denny, only to miss and have Denny kick his ass, and say, "That one was a long time coming! Denny Crane!"
William Shatner by Shan	May 12th, 2008 09:09:54 PM
... also speaks French. How much more talent can you squeeze into one man?
I love the way they consistently break the 4th wall by Mockingbird Girl	May 12th, 2008 09:32:28 PM
I don't know of any other scripted show that could do this and get away with it. The whole pre-credit sequence in the last episode about whether it was Tuesdays at 10:00 or Wednesdays at 10:00 had me in stitches.
Thanks Big Jim. by Paul T. Ryan	May 12th, 2008 10:46:01 PM
I live in Australia and season 4 only started two weeks ago. I've learned by now not to get attached to any character that isn't Denny or Alan!

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